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National Archives: Thatcher and Major clashed over economy
2017-12-29 08:26:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The two had a heated meeting about interest rates in January 1991, newly-released papers reveal.
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Will Narendra Modi be India's Thatcher?
2015-02-27 01:35:16| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Will Narendra Modi be India's Thatcher?
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Abenomics Needs More Margaret Thatcher, Marubeni Chair Says
2013-07-19 04:54:39| Grocery - Topix.net
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should use similar policies to former U.K. leader Margaret Thatcher to bring the world's third-largest economy out of its "lost decades" funk, said Marubeni Corp. Chairman Teruo Asada.
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Margaret Thatcher, science advice and climate change
2013-04-09 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: We've been running a series of essays on scientific advice recently (e.g. yesterday's piece by Shelia Jasanoff). It's on a break today, but here's something on a related issue. Margaret Thatcher is often celebrated for her leadership on the issue of climate change. Read, if you haven't already, her 1989 speech to the UN for example. Or the 1988 one to the Royal Society. Or to the 2nd World Climate Conference in 1990. You might be surprised. The image of Thatcher the global environmental leader...
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United Kingdom: Margaret Thatcher: green hero?
2013-04-09 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Margaret Thatcher will be remembered for her short lived "green period" in the late 1980s when she helped put climate change (or global warming as it was then known), acid rain and pollution on to the mainstream political map. Tutored by Sir Crispin Tickell, British ambassador to the UN in New York, she made several dramatic environment speeches. The first, to the Royal Society on 27 September 1988, galvanised the emerging green debate in Britain and helped swell the membership of groups like...
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